G/TBT/N/MEX/522  
16 June 2023 
(23-4121) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario  (Rail Transport Regulatory Agency)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall  be indicated if different from above:  
Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario  (Rail Transport Regulatory Agency)  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Ferroviario , CCNN -FT 
(National Advisory Committee on Rail Transport Standardization)  
Avenida Universidad 1738 Edificio B Planta baja, Colonia Barrio Santa Catarina, Alcaldía 
Coyoacán, C.P. 04010, CDMX, Tel. : 55-5723-9300, Ext. 73463 Email: 
artf.ccnntf@sct.gob.mx , miguel.ramirezs@sct.gob.mx  and martha.zapata@sct.gob.mx , 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Equipment 
for railway/cableway construction and maintenance (ICS code : 45.120)  
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard sets out specifications for materials and 
quality control testing for concrete railway sleepers to be installed on general rail 
communication routes that form part of the Mexican railway system.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-001-ARTF-2023, Sistema ferroviario -Infraestructura -
Durmientes monolíticos -Especificaciones y métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY -NOM-001-ARTF-2023: Railway system - Infrastructure - Monolithic 
sleepers - Specifications and test methods) (21 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard sets out 
specifications for materials and quality control testing for concrete railway sl eepers to be 
installed on general rail communication routes that form part of the Mexican railway 
system.  
It is applicable within the territory of the United Mexican States and is binding on all 
natural and legal persons that directly or indirectly partici pate in the Mexican railway 
system, including all licence and permit holders.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Public works and services . Rail safety ; national security requirements  G/TBT/N/MEX/522  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
The notified Mexican Official Standard is not equivalent (NEQ) to any international 
standard, because no international standard existed at the time of its drafting.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into forc e: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person : Diógenes Hernández Chávez Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa, 
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, 06140 Tel. : (+52 55) 5729 91 
00, Ext. 13217 Email: diogenes.hernandez@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/no ta_detalle.php?codigo=5691930&fecha=13/06/2023  
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